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Sunday, August 20, 1961
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Pittsburgh Pirates
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F
inal
Chicago Cubs
1
(11)
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Don Cardwell (11-10)
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Bob Friend (12-15)
St. Louis Cardinals
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inal
Cincinnati Reds
4
W
Ray Sadecki (11-6)
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Sherman Jones (1-1)
New York Yankees
6
F
inal
Cleveland Indians
0
W
Ralph Terry (10-1)
L
Jim Perry (9-11)
New York Yankees
5
F
inal
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2
W
Rollie Sheldon (9-3)
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Gary Bell (8-13)
Boston Red Sox
1
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inal
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6
W
Frank Lary (18-6)
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Gene Conley (7-11)
Boston Red Sox
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inal
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Tracy Stallard (1-3)
Chicago White Sox
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inal
Kansas City Athletics
3
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Russ Kemmerer (2-3)
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Jim Archer (8-9)
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Warren Hacker (6)
Chicago White Sox
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inal
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0
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Art Ditmar (2-8)
Minnesota Twins
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inal
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Tom Morgan (5-2)
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Ray Moore (11)
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inal
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Chris Short (4-10)
Philadelphia Phillies
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inal
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Carl Willey (5-7)
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inal
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Sandy Koufax (13-9)
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Dick LeMay (3)
Baltimore Orioles
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inal
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Up To This Date
After This Date
Standings Up to and Including this Date
AL Overall
AL Overall Table
Tm
W
L
W-L%
GB
RS
RA
pythW-L%
NYY
82
41
.667
--
647
491
.624
DET
79
44
.642
3.0
648
516
.603
BAL
72
53
.576
11.0
551
471
.571
CHW
63
60
.512
19.0
572
550
.518
CLE
63
60
.512
19.0
572
560
.510
BOS
57
70
.449
27.0
568
646
.441
MIN
53
69
.434
28.5
557
618
.453
LAA
52
70
.426
29.5
540
557
.486
WSA
50
70
.417
30.5
498
572
.437
KCA
44
78
.361
37.5
505
677
.369
NL Overall
NL Overall Table
Tm
W
L
W-L%
GB
RS
RA
pythW-L%
CIN
75
47
.615
--
572
504
.558
LAD
69
47
.595
3.0
551
509
.536
SFG
65
51
.560
7.0
577
493
.571
MLN
64
52
.552
8.0
556
507
.542
STL
59
59
.500
14.0
528
522
.505
PIT
56
59
.487
15.5
530
510
.518
CHC
50
67
.427
22.5
552
626
.443
PHI
31
87
.263
42.0
435
630
.337
Standings For Games Played After this Date
AL Overall
AL Overall Table
Tm
W
L
W-L%
GB
RS
RA
pythW-L%
NYY
27
12
.692
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180
121
.674
BAL
23
14
.622
3.0
140
117
.581
CHW
23
16
.590
4.0
193
176
.542
DET
22
17
.564
5.0
193
155
.599
BOS
19
16
.543
6.0
161
146
.545
LAA
18
21
.462
9.0
204
227
.451
MIN
17
21
.447
9.5
150
160
.471
KCA
17
22
.436
10.0
178
186
.480
CLE
15
23
.395
11.5
165
192
.431
WSA
11
30
.268
17.0
120
204
.275
NL Overall
NL Overall Table
Tm
W
L
W-L%
GB
RS
RA
pythW-L%
STL
21
15
.583
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175
146
.582
CIN
18
14
.563
1.0
138
149
.465
LAD
20
18
.526
2.0
184
188
.490
SFG
20
18
.526
2.0
196
162
.586
MLN
19
19
.500
3.0
156
149
.521
PIT
19
20
.487
3.5
164
165
.497
PHI
16
20
.444
5.0
149
166
.451
CHC
14
23
.378
7.5
137
174
.392
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